Kanye Wants You to Know That He Isn't Going Gray

So don't get any ideas

Usually, appearing on the cover of Vibe magazine is cause for celebration. But if you're Kanye West , you can usually find reasons to quibble. On the cover of the latest issue of Vibe , Kanye looks like he's got some gray in his beard, and he wants you to know that that is absolutely not the case.

Here's what Kanye wrote on his blog , accompanying the photo: "I DON'T HAVE GREY IN MY BEARD IN REAL LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M ALL DOWN WITH BEINGS IN MY 30'S BUT DAAAAAAAAMN!!!! THIS IS SOME BENJAMIN BUTTON'S SHIT!"

Checking up on this story, I spoke with Vibe Music Editor Sean Fennessey , a former Pitchfork writer and a good friend of mine. Sean, who wrote the Kanye cover story, confirms Kanye's claims: "Having been at the shoot, I can say with certainty that there is no gray in Kanye's beard. Our cover photographer, Nadav Kander, uses lighting techniques that make some features look particularly crispy and his beard has fallen prey to that. I think of it as more of a glisten. So technically this is not some Benjamin Button's shit ."